Join an active community of veteran and novice beekeepers and listen to talks from a variety of experts.
Meetings are held at 7PM on the second Wednesday of every month and are open to the public.
Spring/Summer Location:
Steppingstone Farm Museum in Havre de Grace
461 Quaker Bottom Rd. Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Link to Farm Museum directions
Fall/Winter Location:
Harford Community College, Chesapeake Center dining room. Take Thomas Run road and go to the roundabout to entrance #2, parking lot C, building C. HCC policy for COVID-19 is that you must wear a face mask while in the building. Link to map and directions
SBA meeting February 8, 2023 at 7PM
Meeting is live at Harford Community College.
Honey Exchange
It is all about the honey at this month’s SBA meeting! There will be a honey exchange where you and other beekeepers can swap jars of honey! (Please see a few rules below)
We will also be having an all-things honey tasting experience that will send your taste buds on a delightful tour through the honeycomb from hives around the states and beyond! Bring extracted honey, cream honey, comb honey, or any other honey-based food item to share with the attendees. All honey is acceptable. The more exotic and unusual the better. Sampling utensils will be provided. And this is ALL- THINGS honey, so if you make candy or other foods with honey, bring it! Samples that will be available to taste include honey from Ohio, North Carolina, Eastern Shore Maryland, and Canada! Get your palates ready because there will also be Spotted Lanternfly honey made from Pennsylvania honey bees!
Honey Exchange Rules: Meeting attendees can bring up to two jars/bottles of their own locally harvested honey and exchange it for another beekeeper's honey. Honey containers must be a minimum of 1lb (mason jars are acceptable). Each container must include the name, contact info (phone or email) and location where the honey was harvested from. Formal labels are acceptable but not required. Exchange participants will be given a ticket for each jar/bottle they bring. Tickets will be drawn to determine the order of selection.
Upcoming Meetings:
Past Meetings (with links to notes, when available)
| January 13, 2021 | Stephan Repasky | Single brood chamber management |
| February 10, 2021 | Zac Lamas | What can 100 bees and a queen tell us about the bee world? Using this new method to study viral transmission. |
| March 10, 2021 | Dr. Sammy Ramsey | Varroa after the fat: Current research endeavors to fight the mite. |
| April 14, 2021 | Panel discussion: spring management | |
| May 12, 2021 | Cybil Preston | Mite treatment |
| June 9, 2021 | Show and tell: favorite bee gadgets | |
| July 14, 2021 | David Papke | Hive management techniques |
| September 9, 2021 | Lloyd Snyder | Fall management |
| October 13, 2021 | Dewey Caron | Reading Bee Hives |
| November 10, 2021 | SBA Panel | Hive winterizing demonstration |
| January 12, 2022 | Amy Vu | Overview of The BeeMD, lab resources and current research |
| February 9, 2022 | Mark Dykes | The Bee Squad Recording: click here for the zoom recording |
| March 9, 2022 | SBA panel | Spring management techniques |
| April 13, 2022 | Steve Repasky, EAS. Master beekeeper | Swarm prevention with SBA local swarm prevention methods |
| May 11, 2022 | Cybil Preston, MD state bee inspector | Pests and diseases |
| June 8, 2022 | Show and tell | |
| September 14, 2022 | SBA panel | Fall management |
| October 12, 2022 | Bob Kloss | The latest information on Oxalic Acid from EPA labeling to the latest science experiment findings |
| November 9, 2022 | Mark Fiegl | Excellence in extracted honey |
| January 11, 2023 | Doug Shuman | World of Bees |